Can someone tell me about head to disk intereferance on a hard drive? This is when the read/write heads touch the platter correct? Sorry can't remember exact title but it something like that. I have had several experiences with it and know how frustrating it is to think that a hard drive is bad. I know theres no way to "fix" a hard drive but how serious is this problem? For an example I recently bought a new (July 2000) Western Digital 13.5gb hard drive, and I formatted it, and installed windows on it. I let it defragment overnight and I did not have power saving mode on the for the hard drives so they did not turn off at a certain time. I suspect this had to do somethign to do with it, but I know that almost every hard drive will run for weeks nonstop. It probably isnt a heating issue because I have a hard drive cooler in the bay. Someone just shed some light on this subject for me.
Thanks
Lee